South Korean basketball coach gets jail for match-fixing

A South Korean basketball coach has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for match-fixing.

Kang Dong-hee, 47, was found guilty of taking cash worth $42,000 dollars from gambling brokers to fix four games during the 2010-2011 season of the Korean Basketball League (KBL) while heading the Dongbu Promy, South Korea's news agency Yonhap said Thursday, reports Xinhua.

It was the first time that a coach from one of four professional sports in South Korea has received a prison term for fixing games.